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Veteran Congress Leader and Party Trouble-Shooter Ahmed Patel Passes Away at 71, Leaders Across Party Lines Condoles

November 25, 2020 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Nov 25: The veteran Congress leader and the party’s one of the best known trouble-shooters, Ahmed Patel, who was considered almost the uncrowned king of the Congress in Gujarat but without making any ostensible show, died in early hours of Wednesday due to multiple organ failures after having tested positive for […]

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China funded ISI to disrupt peace in India: Report

November 25, 2020 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: Beijing takes every unnecessary step to disturb the peace in India and now a report says that China funded Pakistani intelligence agency ISI to disrupt the peace in India. The Union Home Ministry of India has tracked down the rupees one thousand crore hawala which was allegedly headed by the Chinese people’s liberation […]

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Roving Periscope: Iran & co may face geopolitical ‘orchestra’ in 2021

November 24, 2020 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The no-longer-secret meeting of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman in Saudi Arabia points to the emerging alliance against Iran, whose nuclear-armed neighbor Pakistan and friend North Korea may have to face not just music but a geopolitical orchestra […]

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વિદેશમંત્રી એસ જયશંકર આજથી બહેરીન, યુએઇ અને સેશેલ્સની પાંચ દિવસીય મુલાકાતે

November 24, 2020 Vinayak Barot

દિલ્લી: વિદેશમંત્રી એસ જયશંકર 24 નવેમ્બથી 29 નવેમ્બર સુધી બહેરીન, સંયુક્ત આરબ અમીરાત અને સેશેલ્સની મુલાકાતે છે. વિદેશ મંત્રાલયે સોમવારે આ સમગ્ર બાબતે માહિતી આપીને કહ્યું હતું કે આ મુલાકાત દરમિયાન તેઓ તેમના સમકક્ષો અને દેશના ટોચનાં નેતાઓ સાથે મુલાકાત કરશે. આ સાથે જ મંત્રાલયે જણાવ્યું હતું કે, મંત્રી જયશંકર 24-25 નવેમ્બરના રોજ બહેરિનમાં રહેશે. વિદેશ […]

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Former Assam CM Tarun Gogoi Passes Away at 84

November 23, 2020 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Nov 23: The former Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi passed away on Monday after his health condition deteriorated. He was 84. Gogoi was admitted to Gauhati Medical College Hospital in Guwahati. He had tested positive for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) on August 25 and had spent two months in hospital. Assam’s longest serving […]

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Global Indians: Why is Rahul Gandhi a comic relief in Indian politics?

November 23, 2020 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: One consistency that distinguishes Rahul Gandhi among all other Indian politicians is that he does not care about what others think of him or his statements. He just blurts out, come what may, without ever thinking of the consequences. He never refuses; he always amuses. And he does not remember! Why […]

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SEBI urges SC to ask Sahara chief to pay up $8.43 bn, or go to jail

November 20, 2020 virendra pandit

New Delhi: Controversial chit-fund scam accused Subrata Roy, who was profiled by the popular TV serial Bad Boy Billionaires: India, along with Vijay Mallya and Nirav Modi, recently, hit the headlines again on Friday. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has urged the Supreme Court to direct Sahara Group Chairman Subrata Roy to […]

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Roving Periscope: POTUS polls from Watergate to Watermarks!

November 20, 2020 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Will Donald Trump have the last laugh? If so, what would be the fate of Joe Biden? If true, it may turn out as an even more sensational disclosure than Richard Nixon’s Watergate Scandal, and sink America’s hard-earned reputation as a model democratic nation worth emulation for the rest of the […]

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Politics: Now, UP lawyer sues Obama for his ‘remarks’ on Rahul!

November 20, 2020 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: As if the brickbats from post-election Bihar and the ‘G-23’ were not enough. A caricature of its former glorious self, the 135-year-old Indian ‘National’ Congress continues to follow the tragic Greek mythological character Tithonus: bestowed with the boon of immortality but not of eternal youth, he continued to grow older and […]

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China will change its development model from 2021: President Xi Jinping

November 20, 2020 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: China is set to change its development model from next year, relying more on domestic consumption than export-reliant growth which propelled it to become the world’s second-largest economy next only to the United States, The Chinese President Xi Jinping said in Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) on Thursday. “From the next year, China will […]